Chapter 8: Checking up

Today was terrible. I had an accident while I was checking the machine in the 'Rainbow Production' room. There was something stuck in the gears. I had turned off the machine before trying to get it. Some idiot saw it was off and decided to turn it back on. When that happened, I was screaming. I was fine later, thank God for magic. I was put in the hospital though, my arm was badly damaged. The magic was needed to heal my arm, but I had to be with the doctors for it, since only they know the spell. The only thing I liked about being in the hospital was that my friends visited me. Rainbow would come by with flowers. Sometimes even with a balloon. Bonebeat came by as well. He said that he heard about what happened and decided to check up on me. I felt good, mostly. I had been in the hospital for atleast a week, and my arm is close to recovery. Rainbow hadn't come by though. Jacob visited me on Friday.

"Hey Sam, how're you?" He asks.

"I'm good Jacob, hey is Rainbow around?" I ask. He nods. He then had a concerned look.

"Yeah, but she was in tears."

"Why? Did anything happen to her?" I ask. He shook his head.

"Ever since she was told about how badly damaged the broken arm, she didn't really talk too much," he said. I started thinking.

"Hey, can you do me a favor?" I ask.

Later

I watch a footage as Rainbow trotted in the rainbow room. I watched as she had pulled a trigger, and then jumped and ran. She activated the machine. That explains a lot. "Thanks Jacob, can you tell her to get here please? I want to tell her something," I said. He nodded. When it was dark, a cyan pegasus walked in. I smiled. "Hey Rainbow, I missed you," I said. She stood silently, looking down. "Hey, what's wrong?" I ask. She shook her head. "Come here Rainbow, I want to tell you something," I said. She walks over. I lean in and hugged her. She had a shocked look. I smiled. "Don't worry, I know what happened, and I forgive you," I said. She shook her head. She hugged me back, crying onto my shoulder.

"No! It's my fault! I-I d-didn't know you were fix-xing it a-and I-" I cut her off by kissing her. She then started crying into my shoulder.

"Shhh, it's okay, it's okay. There there," I said, calmly, and hopefully soothingly. I brushed her mane. I felt terrible while she cried. When she started to stop, I looked at her smiling big. "I didn't know you could cry," I said jokingly. She punched my good arm playfully. She nuzzled my shoulder. I kept brushing her mane, as we sat silently. I started to sleep. I woke up a few hours later, Rainbow sat in a chair, snoring. I mean it, snoring! I chuckled silently at the cute sight none the less. I smiled, and rested my head down on the soft pillow. After a good night's sleep, Rainbow left. I got a gift from Rarity though. It was a dark red fedora! I put it on. I looked in the mirror. I actually pulled it off. The door opened and I was greeted by a pink hopping pony.

"Hey Sammy! I just dropped bye to give you a get well gift!" She said.

"Pinkie, I'll be better by tomorrow," I said.

"I know, but you never got a gift from me!" She said. It was true, I got a gift from Jacob, Max, Rainbow, Tom, Rarity, Fluttershy, etc. I sighed.

"Fine, but you didn't have to," I said smiling. She put a mini chocolate version of Rainbow on my desk. My eyes went wide. "That is cool!" I said. Pinkie beamed.

"That's good, I've been working on it for twenty minutes!" I gave a puzzled look.

"Wait, twenty? But, i-it's so spot on!" I said. She smiled.

"I know, I should've done it quicker," she said. I looked at her amazed.

"No, I'm amazed! It would've taken me days to do this! Thank you so much!" I said. She smiled from ear to ear, literally.

"Great! Hope you get our well!" She said as she left. My eyes twitched. How the hell does Pinkie do stuff like this? This should be impossible! I sighed. Fuck it, it's Pinkie, she's a mare of miracles and unsolved questions, for all I know, she could know the meaning of life. Well, maybe not life but teleportation. I get the chocolate and bit into it. It was rich. I loved it! I sat in the hospital bed as the docs healed my arm. It was finally all better, but they kept me in in case there was something else wrong.

The next day

I walked out of the building feeling good. I was greeted by Rainbow. She tackled me to the ground hugging me. I smiled and hugged back.

"Hey Sam, oops sorry," she got off me and helped me up. She pecked me on the cheek. I felt better already. We walked back to my house. I sat on my couch, and relaxed. Rainbow sat beside me. I smiled in thought. Rainbow then sat closer to me. Then closer, and closer. I did notice this, but I kept still. She started leaning on me, but drew back. She started leaning again. I rolled my eyes and grabbed her in for a hug. She smiled. I got my remote for the TV and turned it on. We watched a show, I didn't know what it was, but it was good. "So, Sam, what do have in mind to do today?" She asks. I sighed.

"Nothing really, I'm just going to relax today," I said. She sighs in comfort as she snuggled up. "Rainbow, you look adorable," I said. She blushes.

"No I don't," I started chuckling. "Hey, um, again, sorry for..." She trailed off. I rolled my eyes again.

"You don't have to apologize, I faced worse," I said. She looks sad. Being-the-nice-guy-powers activate! I pulled her in for another kiss. We preceded to cuddle. Unknown to us, we were being watched.

"Heh, see? He's a nice guy Twilight," said Tom. She sighed.

"I still think he's bad news," Tom shook his head.

"You know your friends can handle situations if their coltfriend was bad news right?" He asks. Twilight shook her head.

"They've never been in a relationship before, I'm still worried about them. Especially Rainbow since Sam and she got together," Twilight said worriedly. Tom sighed.

"I've known Sam since college, even though we don't see eye to eye, we're friends, like Rarity and Applejack," he said. Twilight sighed.

"Fine, but if he breaks her heart, I will not be easy with the others, or you," Twilight said as they teleported away. I heard something and just missed them teleporting. I shrugged it off and returned to cuddle with my favorite pony. We watched a few movies, while eating popcorn. She drank cider, unlike her, I'm not an alcohol person. I drank a simple soda. As we watched a horror movie, I was tensed up. I jumped and fell into Rainbow's arms. I know that this is supposed to be the other way around, but I get scared.

"Sometimes I hate horror movies," I said. Rainbow laughs.

"You can play a scary game, but can't watch a horror movie?" She asks. I simply nod.

"Don't judge me," I said, pouting.

"Too late," Rainbow said smirking.

"Don't think I can'r get back at you," I said. I had a secret weapon. Being-a-jack-ass-powers activate! I saw that my soda was empty, and I took the chance.

"Let me put this up," I said. I grabbed the can and went to the kitchen and got a blowhorn. I jumped out, and blew the horn. Rainbow jumped and bucked me in the face. I went into darkness. I woke up to hearing a muffled voice.

"Sam, Sam are you okay?" I heard. I finally saw a blurry cyan oval. I came into focus and saw Rainbow Dash. "Sam are you okay!?" She yelled. I covered my ears.

"Yeah!" I said. Rainbow gave a sigh of relief. I sat up and my head hurt. I smiled at Rainbow, but then frowned. She was crying.

"Oh my Celestia I am so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, but yo-you just jumped out a-a-and," she started bursting into tears. I hugged her and she cried even more into me. I sighed.

"I think I am the worst person," I said. Rainbow Dash looked at me confused. "So far, I've made you cry this week," I said, weakly smiling. She shook her head. "But on the other hand, I did get back at you, and then you got back at me, so we're even," I said. She thought about it for a moment. She started laughing a little.

"That is some bad logic Sam," I laughed. I hugged her comfortingly. She nuzzled into my chest. I felt happy now. She then fell asleep on my chest. I knew she was a hard sleeper, so I picked her up and put her on my bed. I walked to the living room and slept on the couch. Today, was a rough day.

Author's Note

I hope you guys like this chapter, and like always, tell me if I made some mistakes!"